Dangerous Flattery

Dangerous Flattery

Just about all of us love to be flattered. stars along with the images produced by Hollywood are causing disturbing and devastating effects upon our children.
Our society is sin sick as a whole. Guess what groups are leading the pack and its all about the needs of their twisted egos. Religious groups!
In one religion, the people are taught and told about being and achieving one - pointedness by doing the right thing. It says and I quote. "Do you know the fundamental cause for your mind being either distracted or peaceful when you are practicing one-pointedness of mind? It is whether in action you are always doing the right thing, or not. The person who is doing the right thing may seem at first to face many complicated and difficult obstacles, but as he continues with his task, his body and mind will gradually become supple and peaceful, and as his road ahead opens widely, he will achieve one-pointedness.
The person who is doing something wrong may seem at first to have an intriguing and easy time of it, but as he continues with his task, his body and mind will gradually become troubled and pained, and as his road ahead becomes blocked, one-pointedness becomes impossible. Therefore, if we are to practice in perfect one-pointedness, we must first eliminate wrong aspirations and bring an end to wrong actions." That is reformation and done so one can be looked up to and flattered. That, however, is contradictory to the law of the mind, the law of sin, and the law of God, that are given to us in the Bible. There we are told that there is a difference between reformation, and regeneration that transforms by the renewing of the mind.
Man was created, soul, body, and spirit. The great problem is and has been since is sin. When Adam, the first man, disobeyed the commandment of God and ate of the forbidden fruit that he was never supposed to eat of, Adam died spiritually and left the body and soul under the physical death sentence, while the total being,(body, soul, and spirit), faced the second death, which is eternal banishment from the Presence of God. From that death there is no remedy or deliverance once it takes place. All the flattery that people hurl upon you in this life will not impress anyone at Judgment Day. God does not look upon our outward appearances but upon our hearts. If the motives of the heart is not righteous then it is sin.
Don't get it wrong, many of us want to look our best and there's nothing wrong with that. Looking good on the outside but having an unclean heart on the inside may impress and fool some people but not all. Your actions will still speak louder than your words and make no mistake about it, your sin will find you out.